Nationality: United StatesExecutive summary: Queen of the Graphic Adventure

Roberta Williams was one of the first female videogame designers. Her work includes a series of graphic-text adventure games including Mystery House (1980), many releases of King's Quest (1984-92), horror game Phantasmagoria, and Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail!. She founded the game company Sierra with her husband Ken Williams. Roberta posed for the box cover of an early pornographic game for the Apple II called Softporn Adventure.